If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Can you believe that it is only 12 Days to Christmas? Yeah, me neither! Today I gave myself the day to enjoy. To play. I spent the morning with some of the wonderful Melbourne Casketeers. We are part of a… Read More

In November I stated that one of my goals was to remove the bar from the front room. I kind of cheated with this goal, as I had already booked the handyman to do the task. But it was not just about getting the bar out, it was also about getting rid of the thing…… Read More

It has been a really crazy month or 6 weeks around here! This time of year is always busy, and 2014 was no different. It started with the Year 12 Graduation in late November… Followed only days later by the Year 8 camp… And in the meantime, there were reports to be written… And my… Read More

Wow. How fast this year has gone! November all ready! I have some fairly specific goals this month – personal, professional and business. So for November I have the following goals: Personal: write family letter (for the first time in several years!) prepare all Christmas cards ready to mail on Dec 1! Remove the bar… Read More

The past 2 years have been full of ups and downs. There have been some fairly major changes, and a lot of minor ones. I have been on an amazing journey. And I have had to really consider the paths I want to take. I know that for my children, I need to continue to… Read More

Term 3 is rapidly coming to an end, and I am busy thinking of all the projects that need to be completed over the next 2 weeks. The first, and most important project is to try to catch up on some lost sleep! I have always found term 3 to be really tiring, and even… Read More

Over the past few years I have found myself in a creative void. I want to stitch, but I can’t seem to find the energy. I want to sew, but the get up and go to do it just isn’t there. I want to redesign my website, but I have no idea of what I… Read More

It has been a long time since I gave any of my children a birthday party. For the past few years it has been really difficult to find a time when I can give my girls parties, as their birthdays fall in the middle of the Calisthenics comp season. But this year, I have one less… Read More

I had a look back at my goals for August. And realised that I had not really met any of them! I particularly missed the blogging goal! And the goal to organise my study! The end of term is always busy, so although I have some fairly spectacular goals in mind, I am also aware… Read More

Oops. Well I missed that one, didn’t I! I know I am now part way through August, but maybe it is time to list what I want to achieve this month – or rather for the rest of this month. 1. Blog – I want to craft more blog posts. So I want to take… Read More

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Hi. Thank you for stopping by my blog. My name is Bette. I am an embroiderer, cross stitcher, quilter, teacher and aspiring textile artist. I also own The Needlework Boutique, an online cross stitch store. Here I share my journey through the world of needlework, and more recently, my journey as a high school textiles teacher.